KHUSHI SHARMA vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

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$~J- * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16th May, 2025 + W.P.(CRL) 259/2025 KHUSHI SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jayant K. Sud, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Ashish Upadhyay, Mr. Kartik Jasra, Mr. Shivam Jasra, Mr. Prannit Stefano, Ms. Shayal Anand, Mr. Sai Manik Sud Mr. Sahib Kocchar and Ms. Vidhi Jasra, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rohan Jaitley (CGSC), Mr. Dev Pratap Shahi, Mr. Varun Pratap Singh and Mr. Yogya Bhatia, Advocates for UOI. Mr. Rahul Tyagi, ASC (Crl.) for State with Mr. Mathew M. Philip, Mr. Sangeet Sibou and Mr. Aniket Kumar Singh, Advocates. Mr. N. Hariharan, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Siddharth Yadav and Mr. Sumit Chaudhary, Advocates for R-3. Mr. Anil Mittal, Mr. Shaurya Mittal, Advocates with Mr. Vipin Kumar (SHO) with Mr. Sunny Tomer (SI, P.S.: Knowledge Park, Noida U.P. for R4 to R6. Signature Not Verified Signed By:ANJALI KAUSHIK Signing Date:16.05.2025 14:39:43 W.P.(CRL) 259/2025 Page 1 of 28 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI J U D G M E N T ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI J. The present petition represents a sister‟s plea for proper investigation into the death of her 20-year-old brother - Harsh Kumar Sharma - who never returned after leaving home in Delhi on the morning of 03.12.2024, only to be found dead late that night in an obscure location in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. BRIEF FACTS 2. Briefly, the unfortunate episode leading-up to the filing of the present petition has unfolded as follows: 2.1. The petitioner‟s brother left home at about 09:30 hours on 03.12.2024 driving his own car to attend college in Noida, Uttar Pradesh; and when he did not return later that day, the petitioner and her mother tried reaching him on his mobile numbers but with no success despite having made